Definitions for PACKETˈpæk ɪtPACKET

Here are all the possible meanings and translations of the word PACKET.

Princeton's WordNet(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

package, bundle, packet, parcel(noun)

a collection of things wrapped or boxed together

packet(noun)

(computer science) a message or message fragment

packet(noun)

a small package or bundle

mailboat, mail boat, packet, packet boat(noun)

a boat for carrying mail

Wiktionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

packet(Noun)

A small pack or package; a little bundle or parcel; as, a packet of letters, a packet of crisps, a packet of biscuits.

packet(Noun)

Originally, a vessel employed by government to convey dispatches or mails; hence, a vessel employed in conveying dispatches, mails, passengers, and goods, and having fixed days of sailing; a mail boat. Packet boat, ship, vessel.

packet(Noun)

A specimen envelope containing small, dried plants or containing parts of plants when attached to a larger sheet.

packet(Noun)

A small fragment of data as transmitted on some types of network, notably Ethernet networks.

packet(Verb)

To make up into a packet or bundle.

packet(Verb)

To send in a packet or dispatch vessel.

packet(Verb)

To ply with a packet or dispatch boat.

Origin: Either from pacquet, or formed independently from pack + -et.

Webster Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

Packet(noun)

a small pack or package; a little bundle or parcel; as, a packet of letters

Packet(noun)

originally, a vessel employed by government to convey dispatches or mails; hence, a vessel employed in conveying dispatches, mails, passengers, and goods, and having fixed days of sailing; a mail boat

Packet(verb)

to make up into a packet or bundle

Packet(verb)

to send in a packet or dispatch vessel

Packet(verb)

to ply with a packet or dispatch boat

Origin: [F. paquet, dim. fr. LL. paccus, from the same source as E. pack. See Pack.]

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